Record ID: WILT-9E5865
Object type: YOKE (ANIMAL)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy probable fragment of a Y shaped Irish harness fitting of late Iron Age date (c. 300 BC - 100 AD). It measures 19.22mm in diameter, 17.73mm in height and weighs 12.72g. The object is a domed oval in shape with a hollow interior and a flattened underside. It exhibits a circular aperture on the underside surrounded by a projecting jagged break. The upper surface exhibits an incised decoration consisting of three incised spirals joined at the centre. There is a small patch of iron corrosion from an iron rivet at the apex of the spiral design. The remains of t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0AE2F2
Object type: WRITING TABLET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Purple Welsh Slate Slate fragment with bevelled edge. One side bears scored parallel lines circa 13mm apart and the other side bears a series of 12mm squares. This is a schoolroom slate, with the lined side for practicing handwriting, and the squared size for arithmetic. This object was reported along with a slate pencil. Suggested date: Modern, 1860-1920. Length: 65mm, Width: 43mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 21.47gms.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-4D5DCA
Object type: WRITING SLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of slate, with incised lines on both faces; one face has a grid of squares, each 7mm wide (approximately 1/4 inch). The other face has parallel lines, 9 mm apart. This is probably part of a writing slate, used in schools and work places from the 18th century. The lined side would have been used for handwriting practice, the grid for arithmetic or drawing. The fragment is roughly rectangular, measuring 37 mm by 34 mm, it is 4 mm thick and weighs 10.7 g. A similar item is described in record BERK-C1D811
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-CB7178
Object type: WRITING SLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of slate tablet, or writing slate of late Post medieval to modern, date, about AD 1850 - 1950.  The fragment has a chapfered edge, probably indicating it was made in a factory and designed to have a wooden frame applied to the edge. Frames are thought to have been routinely added to slates from the mid 19th century (Shaffrey, 2022, Finds Reserach Group Datasheet 56). The slate is also marked with guidelines. There is a grid of 8mm square on one face and parallel ruled lines spaced 16mm apart on the other face. The fragment is 38.3mm long, 22.8mm wide and 3.3mm…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-994148
Object type: WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern fragment of a lead alloy printing plate. The survivng section depicts a standing male figure. The head is oval, with small raised dots for the eyes and nose. His shirt has a long, pointed collar. The figure is holding a ?box. The figures left leg is placed slightly in front of the right. There is a raised band below each knee. The feet taper to a point. The reverse of the fragment is corroded, hoever a few oblique lines are visible. It is 55.22mm long, 19.36mm wide, 5.57mm thick and weighs 23.55 grams.
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-7DB472
Object type: WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pen of probable medieval date. Knobbed shaft with four longitudinal rows of linked lozengiform facets; hollows between. Roughly hemispherical knop with flat, sub-circular terminal. Between the knop and the knobbed decoration the shaft narrows to a diameter of c. 3.5mm over a length of 11.2mm. There is a similar plain, narrow section between the knobbed decoration on the shaft and the lanceolate end, 14.7mm in length. The lanceolate end is 27.9mm in length, 7.3mm at its widest point before tapering to a point. There is a bevelled groove filed along each side t…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-BA0AC2
Object type: WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy printing block, dating to the post medieval period (circa 1700 AD). The printing block has the letter B on it and is rectangular in shape.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brooks Wharf', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-2480B7
Object type: WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead unidentified object, circular in section, and narrowing from 9.2mm diameter at one end to 7.0mm diameter at the other. It weighs 28.33g and is 81.5mm in length. The surface is extremely pitted. The object may have been used as a writing implement but it is a lead object of any date between the late medieval period and the 19th century with a purpose that we can only guess at.
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48B0AA
Object type: WRENCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spanner, as kindly suggested by the finder. A large wrought iron object with a passing resemblance to an outsize key. The ‘bow’ is of angular quatrefoil form with concave faces between straighter edges; the stem is of rectangular section, and terminates in an E-shaped ‘bit’ with angular sides to its central leg and rounded outer edges to the others. The finder, a farmer, kindly suggests this is a 19th-century spanner for the removal of a wheel hub, though the distinct configurations at either end may hint at a range of related functions. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 180…
Created on: Monday 30th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
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Record ID: GAT-DDAA05
Object type: WORKED STONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One of three rather undiagnostic chunks of chert found at the same time, this largest example may be part of a Mesolithic core. This piece appears to bear ridges from the removal of flakes, and was originally likely to have been part of a larger flake or core itself. There appear to be signs of retouch along one edge.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-DDE1D2
Object type: WORKED STONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic chunk of chert, similar to those found to the east of Dinas promontory fort, at Porth Ruffydd (GAT-DDAA05). It is a possible worked piece, but it is not possible to classify the type of object. It may be of Mesolithic date due to the Trwyn Du findspot and the associated finds recovered at the same time (GAT-DDCB03 and GAT-DDD7D6).
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NARC-9E4B27
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large copper alloy disc. Irregular shape and bent across the centre. 41mm in diameter. Lots of scratch marks on both sides but particuarly on the inside close to the fold. Exact function is uncertain but may be a scrap piece of copper alloy use to clean metallic/conductive parts on machinery. Form is similar to coins and tokens used as a 17th to 19th century love tokens, but the scratch marks on theinside suggest it had a more practical function.
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1B06A6
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete piece of worked quartzite stone identified by Mr John Lord at a public event held in Peterborough Museum on the 16th of July 2010. This worked stone is Palaeolithic in date. Found in the area of a Limestone quarry. One end of the stone has broken off transversely. The tool has a flattened back and three facets to the upper surface. The tool tapers to a rounded point. The largest facet on the upper surface has a width of c.17.92mm, the central facet has a width of c.18.03mm and the final facet is c. 8.53mm wide. If this stone had been made into a tool then it would have o…
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaddy Well Pit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D315B5
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of limestone with conglomerate of ceramic, stone and plaster attached to both faces suggesting it is building material of some sort. The limestone is grey and the ceramic material is bright orange with piece of grey stone embedded in it, and areas of white clay or plaster. Date unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: CAM-27CCC7
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Friday 13th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-6BED07
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Double Petard
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-6C4557
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-6C5BA1
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-508E56
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lead pot mend
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-919502
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plaster cast of a decorated bone. Although the cast is modern, the original object from which the cast was taken has some similarities to Neolithic decorative objects. The object is 138.3mm long and 47.3mm in diameter. It is a very precise plaster cast of a cattle femur which was made in two pieces which have been glued together, allowing the detail from the inside of the hollow bone to be faithfully reproduced. A thin skim of fine plaster was then put over the top to hide the join. This outer layer has been decorated with incised lines. There are three bands of circumferential line…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough', grid reference and parish protected.